Human Resources
Training for Success
Onboarding new employees well can be key to their success at your company longterm. But, more often than not we follow the same tired process we’ve always used, with diminishing returns. Odds are, your company isn’t doing a great job onboarding your employees. In fact, a recent Gallup study found that only 12% of employees…
Digital Signage
Beyond the Bulletin Board
Here’s the deal: the bulletin board is an outdated solution to a very real, very current problem. You need to get the word out to your team about important, detailed information. But, we all know that it’s not working – people walk right past it without ever stopping to read the critical info hanging on…
Marketing
Reaching Your Customers Where They Are
There may be nothing worse you can say to a marketer than, “Oh, I had no idea!” Marketing and communications is all about getting your internal message out externally to the right people in the right way. While there are more communication platforms than ever, it’s harder than ever to get your message across effectively….
Human Resources
Holistic Human Resources: Creating an Employee-Centric Culture
In any size company, those leading the team are playing a dual game: build the best customer experience you possibly can in order to be highly profitable AND create a culture that employees deeply love their jobs. Great leaders know that those two tasks are actually intertwined, but it can be easy to place a…
Business Goals
Keep Your Eye on the Prize
One of the greatest challenges you have as you lead your team is to keep the entire team pulling together in the same direction. Team leaders – business owners, human resources professionals, managers – address this challenge in a myriad of ways. Many teams have adopted the principal of setting SMART goals at intentional planning…
Human Resources
Three Keys to Employee Retention
Employee retention is a huge area of focus for all business owners. When it comes right down to it, it is far more costly and challenging to hire and train someone new than it is to retain someone who is doing a great job. Creating and maintaining a workplace where your employees thrive and feel…
Retriever Users
Three Things to Post on Your Digital Sign
Companies using digital signage in the workplace understand the economic and attention-grabbing value of a dynamic, colorful sign. But, many companies are under-utilizing this tool in their business. We get it – when you’ve always used a tool a certain way, it can be easy to overlook the value of that tool for other solutions…
Human Resources
Four Common Misconceptions About Your Staff
When you lead a team as an HR leader, executive, or owner, you are afforded a perspective on your business, on your team, that few have the opportunity to share. Your vantage point as a leader allows you to see the holistic structure of your company. Yet, the advantage of being a leader also means…
Digital Signage
Digital Signage: Consider Your Options
When it comes to any optimization for your business, it can be hard to make sense of which features will really matter to you in application. As business owners, we get that – we’re constantly making decisions about software and hardware and weighing the benefits and drawbacks of something new without fully understanding the impact…
Human Resources
Starting Fresh in the New Year
The holidays often provide a welcome opportunity to take a break, remind each other how important they are to us, and rest. As the new year begins, though, it’s an opportunity to embrace new habits and set intentions for the next year that will take you – and your team – to the next level….